National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-23
THE GRAND QUESTION.
The Alleged Cancellation between the
Vatican and tho Quirinal.

is only question OF time, but based o ny
upon the frail hope that Queen Marga ct
and King Humbert Of Italy are favorable
to the conclliation ~
The utterance Of my courtly townsman,
Monsignor Galimberti, in Vienna, may be
the echo OF the voice or OF the hope OF Pope
Leo XIII In Rome, and the queen and king
Of Italy as pious Catholics are free to go to
Canossa (as lately humble like Fredrlck
Barbarossa, the mystic Kaiser William of
Germany, and the no longer iron. willod
Bismarck have gone--fectdr non trdngdr),
but that the thirty millions OF Italian
Catholics will follow the example OF their
sovereigns is problem.
The Germans, like the Irish and the
American Catholics, are distant from Rome;
the Italians are neighbors; therefore, they,
after nineteen centuries OF neighborhoOd
and practical experience, are more apt to
judge exactly what will be best to do. HIS
holiness, the able statesman, Leo XIII, like
his predecessor, the noble-hearted Plus lX,
can With the same assurance proclaim him
self more effectively pope IN pdrti6us ~
fdclium America than In Europe, especially
in the Latin countries--France, Spain,
Portugal, and Italy--the cradle and center
OF Catholicism and the home OF the popes
since st. Peter, the fisherman from Galilea.
In corroboration of the above will quote
the words OF our friend, Frederick Douglass,
from the Critic Of June O, 1887:
:, "Whs, place visited by you interested you
Rome. There was more there to impress,
any one from new country. That city has
probably had greater influence upon civilizt-
ton than any other. Its system OF govern.
ment, its laws, and its colonization ideas age
at the basis of the government OF our most ad-
vnnccd nations Of to-day. was greatly sur
prised at Italy. had expected to find sloth
and retrogression. On the contrary, found
evidences OF the birth of new nation. Every
where there is industry and reviying energy.
This new life has even reached TO Florcnca,
the deadest city on the continent. believe
that where the greatness and prosperity of
nations have passed on and beyond them hat
they return again. They are certainly coming
what do you think OF the prospect of the
pope's becoming reconciled with the Italian
government on the basis OF a mutual recos ii
ton and agreement"
II do not think that It will amount to any
thing The Italian women favor it. But there
bis dnger for the church. But 50 long as bistbS,
marriages, and burials are not legal without
the aid OF the prc't, the church will continue
10 WELD great power"
That the cancellation with the Italian na-
ton is, beyond any doubt, AN urgent necessity
for the papacy the pres. mt sovereign po1tiff,
the cardinals, archbishop, bishops, aud all
far seeing prits fully comprehend. They
are also aware that the present statu quo Ia
| pernicious for the popedom, and II the an-
tagonism existing between the population
l tuc NbtiChn 10 uOb plhCuIcu III ulSul-
fled and satisfactory way, the anti-papal
sentiment Of the Italians will become anti
| Catholic, and then 1t will hinge per.
manently into the nationil life-it Is
natural, II is logical. But that Italy, be-
| yond the law Of the "guarantees" (guaren.
tigie Of 1871, will consent to other conces.
eions to the papacy Is impossible, is con-
trary to her right, to her origin, and 10 the
ideal and civil tendencies Of the 30,00O,0 ,0Jl
| of Inhabitants of her classic soil,
And, then, to what concessions Italy has
| to come down ? No state, not even those
under autocratic rule or under a sovercigns
OF divine right, allows a more ample lib-
erty, greater potency. grander safety to
the Catholic Church and to her supreme
chief than Italy does. In truth, the law OF
the guarantees Of 1871 declares that the
person of the sovereign pontiH Is sacred
and inviolable, and that any attempt, any
insult, any offense direct or indirect against
his person is punishable as IL 1t was done to
the person of the king Of Italy. To the
pope are done royal honors; he Is allowed
to keep armed guards of honor aud OF
safety; q magnificent income Of 5000 900
OF francs 200, ,OO0) per annum from the
national treasury, and all the apostolic
palaces with their superb and rich depend
encies--what more ? The law Of the
guarantees sanctions the full liberty Of the
conclave, establishing that no authority,
| ponticai UT judiciary, mas INC power 10 nx q
limit to the personal liberty Of the cardi-
nails during the periods Of vacant see.
The law Of the guarantees forbid to pub.
lie officials and those Of the police to enter
| In the palace OF the sovereign pontiff, or Ia
any other edifice where is congregated q
conclave or an ecumenical council.
Free from any responsibility and from
any investigation are all the prelates,
Italian or foreign, that participate In Rome
to the spiritual ministry of the holy see.
ThenP What more Italy can do toward the
papacy and the countless religious corpora.
tions? Her generosity, devotion, equanim
ity, and patience cannot go any further,
and the impartial men Of all nations and OF
all creeds will approve the conduct of the
quest Of the Eternal City to the present
day. Italy without Rome for capital is a
body without head and without aesthetic.
The pope, by the Intermediary OF his
fdus dchdteS, the clever Mgr. Gallmberti
makes strong pressure to the imperial courts
OF Vienna and Of Berlin to interfere In his
behalf for the Cancellation with Italy aud to
uphold his demand with the condition sine
qua non-the restitution OF Rome with all
the rest of the papal dominions ante
bellum. All this Is impossible for Italy
to do. 1t would be national sui.
eide to comply with such a demand
from the pope. With all the re
speet and veneration due to the chief OF
zoe, ,000, 900 Of Catholics, the Italians cauno
tiate for Cancellation with the vatican
on ssch bases, which would make them
Ridiculous and small and would tarnish the
memory OF their glorious martyrs for the
conquest OF political and religious liberties II
all ages. The martyr monks Arnaldo d.
Brescla, Giordano Bruno, and Gerolamo
sayonarola, the astronomer Gallileus, th,
v a thn NAT MAJ 1tpt IA
monarch Victor Emanuel, and the warrior
Garibaldi would rise from their tombs an
curse and call degenerate the Italians o
the present II Cancellation with the papaSI
is accepted on such terms, with the pros
pect that religious schism will follow 1t
Italy.
For all the intelligent Italians, after al
what has happened in these nIneteer
centuries, Italy and the papacy are ant
ought to be, like in mathematics are two
parallel lines, which never meet. To max,
them to approach or to diverge will he an
anomaly, win be to invert the good order o
things at the risk Of the liberties OF Italy.
Italy does not seek reconciliation with
the vatican, as 1t has been stated with firm
ness in the Italian chamber OF representa-
tiyes, on the 10th OF this month OF June, b.
Minister francesca Crispi, the foremos
statesman Of Italy, non p0sSunltlS.
The motto OF the ever lamented grant
King Victor Emanuel "We are In Rome
and here We will remain,n Is too strictl.
connected with that of his worthy son
King Humbert, "Rome, intangible con
quest" to allow the acknowledged diplo
matte ability OF his emineice the Nunci
! Galimberti to reduce the two notices to
} dead letter or TO rhetorical phrase.
Their maiestles the queen aud king o.
} Italy are perfectly informed that the form
} ula upon which Italy stands, and conse
quently the dynasty is-see the finger o
destiny and the similarity of the case
that OF the Jesuits to Pope Clement, sit Il
sit dut non Sit.
Long live Rome, capital OF Italy.
CELso CESAR MORENO.
PERSONALITIES.